Don't overestimate people's living habits in 1916, the current southern Africa, even if the federal government has repeatedly reaffirmed, but if there is no mandatory requirement, many people do not necessarily take a bath once a year, open defecation, drinking raw water, eating wild animals of unknown origin and so on are commonplace, the medical level in southern Africa is high enough in the world, but it still cannot meet the medical needs of all citizens.

In Canada, Australia and other colonies, I don't know how many people die every year because of diseases, and large-scale epidemics in southern Africa have rarely occurred, and before the establishment of the federal government, there were frequent outbreaks of plague and smallpox and other large-scale epidemics in southern Africa, and now these diseases have basically disappeared, even if there are sporadic cases, the impact and the scope of transmission are very different from before.

Specific to the Western Front, the situation is better controlled.

Because the participating countries are using poison gas and other biological and chemical weapons on a large scale, the soldiers will consciously wear gas masks without being reminded by the officers when fighting, even if a battle is over, it doesn't matter if both sides of the war do not use poison gas, and no one wants to joke with their lives.

It is not clear whether the gas mask can resist bacteria and viruses, but the mask can definitely be effectively prevented, and now the kind of mask sewn on the collar and can be used repeatedly has been basically eliminated, because the melt cloth has not been successfully developed, and the mask is made of gauze soaked in disinfectant, in order to improve the protection ability, a mask needs to use more than a dozen layers of gauze, which looks thick and heavy.

"We have started a study of the Spanish flu, and we have found that the flu patients who have been cured have a certain resistance to the Spanish flu, the Spanish flu is terrible, but not to the point where people are helpless, we have a doctor who has proposed that as many people as possible can be infected with the Spanish flu to get antibodies - " Health Secretary Derek Gibson paid serious attention to the Spanish flu, and Roque did not expect that there would be "herd immunity" in 1916 This statement.

It's amazing!

However, Roque is very dissatisfied with the name "Spanish flu", who Spain recruits and who provokes, just because the Spanish media reported on this "big flu", just because the king of Spain is also infected with the virus, this "big flu" is called "Spanish big flu", which is really irresponsible.

Roque is a person with a strong sense of responsibility, so Roque immediately corrected: "The virus broke out first from the United States, so it should be called the American flu, why the Spanish flu?" ”

Derek Gibson blinked, clearly not expecting Roque to ask the question.

After struggling for a while, Derek Gibson scratched his head and admitted: "This is a habit, after all, the epidemic in Spain is the most serious, and the United States is our ally after all-"

"Come on, Derek, you know what's going on, you dare to say that we have fewer flu patients in the British Empire than in Spain?" Roque really doesn't like the European black-and-white style of doing things, no matter what it is, if he doesn't create a topic, as if he is sorry for the thing itself.

If according to the absolute proportion of the population, the British Empire completely destroyed the Kingdom of Spain, after all, the current way of counting the population is that even the colonial population is recorded in the statistics, which is also the kind of strange in southern Africa, and does not recognize Africans as southern Africans, so the data of southern Africa does not include Africans, and other countries such as India, Australia, and Canada are counted together with the local indigenous people when counting the population.

Australia and Canada are vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many local aborigines to be negligible, while there are too many natives in India.

In Roque's words, the reason why it seems that there are not many people infected with the virus in the UK is because the UK does not test at all, and the media does not report on it, so no one knows how many, and if the UK can also pay as much attention as Spain, then the UK figure is estimated to be staggering.

This is also considered a tradition in the UK.

"Locke, the world war is terrible enough, the psychological capacity of the population is limited, they can't afford more bad news." Derek Gibson doesn't want to or doesn't dare, just like before the outbreak of the world war, the military wanted to fight, and after the outbreak of the world war, the politicians wanted to negotiate, everyone wanted to fight for more power.

"You are not the people, don't make decisions on behalf of the people, the people at least have the right to know, even if we can't do more, at least we can remind the people to pay more attention." Roque didn't have to pour this pot of sewage on the Americans, even though the pot was originally American's.

As Pastor Martin Nimorrah wrote in "I Didn't Speak," I didn't speak when they hunted down Jews—because I wasn't Jew; Later, when they hunted down union members, I didn't say anything – because I wasn't a union member; Later, when they hunted down the Catholics, I didn't say anything – because I was a Protestant.

Finally they came to me, and there was no one left to speak for me.

So it's not about splashing dirty water, it's about protecting yourself and protecting everyone.

Roque is not just talking, after discovering that the pandemic has begun to break out, the Times made a bold headline on the front page the next day: Influenza from the United States is breaking out on a large scale, and it must be taken more seriously.

This report was like an earth-shattering shock, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while.

The status of "The Times" in the press does not need to be emphasized, after Roque acquired the "Times", the "Times" sharply adjusted its price, and won the title of "British conscience" with an objective position and sharp comments, the key is that the price of "The Times" has not only not risen like other newspapers, but is gradually declining, and now it has reached the level that a "Times" only needs two pennies, which has greatly enhanced the influence of "The Times", and even the United States has a branch of "The Times".

The Times report unsurprisingly provoked a strong protest from the US government, which strongly objected to the Times' association of influenza with "the United States", despite the fact that the source of the cold was in the United States.

Because of the relationship between The Times and Roque, Pershing deliberately approached Roque and conveyed the U.S. government's protest to Roque.

It's amazing that the U.S. government would protest!

"John, you know, newspaper reporters and editors have the right to free expression, they have freedom of speech, that's what we've always emphasized." Roque has a whole bunch of excuses without even thinking about it, and they all work well.

"Freedom of speech, if it doesn't involve the United States, the reporters and editors of the Times can express it freely, but if it is related to the United States, the reporters and editors of the Times have to think carefully, Locke, we are friends, the United States and the British Empire are allies, our enemies are the Germans, and now we need to be united with the outside world-" Pershing bluntly said, the so-called "freedom of speech" just listen to it, whoever believes in Shabi, here there is the same.

Don't get me wrong, the "here, there" here refers to Britain and the United States, and the Times is not exempt from vulgarity, since Lord Northern Rock and Roque met, there has been no unfavorable news in the Times against the Southern African Expeditionary Force, even if the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force emptied Constantinople, the Times's military correspondent did not see it.

With regard to the Garibaldi Peninsula, the Times has always reported on a harmonious military and civilian family.

In this way, it can fully reflect that the British Empire is more qualified to rule that land than the Ottoman Empire, as for the truth-

It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter!

"John, I've always thought you're a man of facts." Roque sighed faintly, his voice full of disappointment for Pershing, which was very much in line with Roque's character.

Pershing does not speak, and no matter how shameless people are, they are also ashamed, just like some corrupt officials in Britain often use the phrase "I am sorry for my voters" when they make statements in court, the implication is that the voters elected me, so I am wrong, and the voters are also responsible.

This seems even more shameless!

Well, it doesn't matter.

Pershing is a decent man with a face, so after Roque finished speaking, Pershing was blushing and embarrassed.

"I'm coming to France from Southern Africa, you're coming to Belgium from the United States, we're all here for justice, for freedom and fairness, and I think we can do more—" Roque almost blurted out that we come from all over the world, for a common goal-

Forget it, this can't be written.

But it feels really cool to stand on a moral height, no wonder Europeans are so troublesome, anyway, whether it is the Spanish flu or the American flu, it has nothing to do with the UK, so Roque behaved very British at this time, no matter how much Roque is also the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force of the most powerful country in the world, this time and space The United States is far less important to the Entente than another time and space, so Pershing is really not strong in front of Roque.

The U.S. government can't be strong in front of the British Empire, the U.S. government in this time and space still owes money to the British government, the world war did not turn the Americans over, but made the economic crisis in the United States worsen, think about the general view of the Americans in Europe before the outbreak of the world war, so the Americans can't get rid of this pot.

Just after the Times returned the pandemic to the United States, the Spanish and French media finally found the culprit, and the American pandemic officially replaced the Spanish flu and the French flu as the official term for this pandemic.

(End of chapter)